Ovechkin says he was asking for it,
"First of all I hope he is OK," Ovechkin told reporters after the game when discussing his fight with Svechnikov.
"I'm not a big fighter. He's the same. He asked me to fight... You don't want to see a guy get hurt."
Ovechkin says he was asking for it,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2019/04/15/nhl-playoffs-alex-ovechkin-fight-knocks-out-andrei-svechnikov/3480023002/
> "First of all I hope he is OK," Ovechkin told reporters after the game when discussing his fight with Svechnikov.
> "I'm not a big fighter. He's the same. He asked me to fight... You don't want to see a guy get hurt."
From what I have heard, he has been chirping Ovi the last few games.